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Table 143.— Paper and board per capita consumption, selected years 1920-72, with projections of demand 



(1970 relative prices) to 2000 1 



Year 



1920- 

 1925. 

 1930- 

 1935- 

 1940- 



1945- 

 1950. 

 1955- 

 1960- 

 1965- 



1966- 

 1967. 

 1968- 

 1969- 

 1970 < 



1971 4 

 1972 4 



Total paper and 

 and board 



Total 



Pounds 

 145 

 180 

 201 

 201 

 254 



283 

 382 

 422 

 435 

 507 



537 

 523 

 556 

 582 

 567 



577 

 616 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



692 

 827 

 981 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



729 



910 



1, 114 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



768 



997 



1,263 



Annual 

 rate of 

 change 3 



Percent 



4. 4 

 2. 2 



4. 8 



2. 2 

 6.2 

 2.0 



. 6 



3. 1 



5.9 



-2.6 



6.3 



4.7 



-2.6 



1.8 

 6.8 



Paper 



Total 



Pounds 

 102 

 123 

 137 

 129 

 161 



157 

 221 

 234 

 244 

 276 



294 

 290 

 301 

 314 

 309 



313 



327 



Annual 



rate of 



change 3 



Percent 



3.8 



2. 2 



-1.2 



4. 5 



-2. 4 



7. 1 



1. 1 



.8 



2.4 



6.5 



-1.4 



3.8 



4. 3 



-1.6 



1. 3 

 4. 5 



Low projections 



1.9 

 1.8 

 1. 7 



363 

 421 



484 



1.6 

 1.5 

 1. 4 



Medium projections 



2.4 

 2.2 

 2.0 



381 

 464 

 555 



2. 1 

 2.0 

 1.8 



High projections 



2.9 

 2.6 

 2.4 



401 

 508 

 625 



2.6 

 2.4 

 2. 1 



Paperboard 2 



Total 



Pounds 

 43 

 56 

 62 

 71 

 91 



113 

 145 

 167 

 170 

 205 



219 

 210 

 227 

 239 

 229 



231 



253 



294 

 364 



447 



328 

 439 

 574 



Annual 

 rate of 

 change 3 



Percent 



5. 4 



2. 1 

 2.7 

 5. 1 



4.4 



5. 1 



2.9 



. 4 



3. 7 



6.8 

 -4. 1 

 8. 1 

 5.3 



4. 2 



. 9 

 9.5 



Building board 



Total 



Pounds 



1 



2 

 1 

 2 



13 

 16 

 20 

 21 

 26 



24 

 24 

 28 

 30 

 27 



33 

 36 



2.3 

 2. 2 

 2. 1 



35 

 42 

 50 



3. 4 

 3.0 

 2.7 



39 

 50 

 64 



Annual 



rate of 



change 3 



Percent 



14. 9 



-12. 9 



14.9 



45.4 

 4. 2 

 4.6 

 1.0 



4.4 



-7. 7 



16.7 



7. 1 



-10.0 



22. 2 

 9. 1 



1.6 

 1.8 



1.8 



311 



2.8 



37 



2. 1 



401 



2. 6 



45 



2.0 



503 



2. 3 



56 



2. 2 



2.7 

 2.5 

 2.5 



1 Projections based on alternative assumptions about 

 growth in population and economic activity as specified 

 in the introductory section of this chapter. 



2 Includes wet machine board. 



3 The average annual rate of change for 5-year periods 



ending in the specified years except for the years 1965-72 

 when annual changes are shown. 

 4 Preliminary. 



Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 

 Sources: See source note, table 142. 



